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Thursday 6 Oct 2022

Rail passengers reminded to only travel by train if absolutely necessary this Saturday due to RMT strike action

Region & Route:

Wales & Western

| Wales & Western: Western

As a result of industrial action this Saturday (8 October) Network Rail is reminding passengers in West London, Thames Valley, the West of England and across the South West, to only travel by train if absolutely necessary.

This Saturday will see further disruption to rail services as a result of further strike action by the RMT union, which will see around 20% of services running across the network. Train services will operate between 07.30 and 18.30, first trains will start later, and the last trains will leave much earlier.

During this time, Network Rail is urging passengers to only travel by train if absolutely necessary and for those passengers who must travel, to expect extremely limited train services, plan ahead and check when their last train will depart.

On Network Rail’s Western route – which covers the railway and towns and communities between Penzance and London Paddington – there will be no trains services south west of Bristol Temple Meads including the whole of Devon and Cornwall and CrossCountry services. Heathrow Express will operate four trains per hour between London Paddington and Heathrow Airport.

The only GWR services that will be in operation are as follows:

• 1 train per hour (TPH) London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads
• 1 TPH London Paddington to Bristol Parkway
• 1 TPH London Paddington to Cardiff
• 1 TPH London Paddington to Didcot
• 1 TPH Reading to Didcot Parkway
• 2 TPH Slough to Windsor
• 1 TPH Maidenhead to Marlow
• 2 TPH Twyford to Henley-on-Thames
• 1 TPH Reading to Basingstoke

Passengers are advised that there is also likely to be some disruption on early Sunday morning (9 October) as the railway recovers from the previous day’s strike action.